Nose-guard for eyeglasses.



- L. P. ADT.

NOSE GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1906.

Patented Sept. 17, 31912.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, LEO F; hm, of Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nose-Guards tor Eyeglasses; and it do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numeruls worked thereon.

My present invention relates to improvements. in eyeglasses, and its object 1s to pr vide improved nose guards that are seltadjusting in order that they will accommodste themselves to the relative angular arrangement, as well as to the irregularities in the surfaces of diderent noses so that. a firm and even hold of the guards is obtained in esch case,v without requiring a special ailjustment of the gunrds by the opticlau for each individual.

To these and other ends the invention con sists in certain improvements and combina' tions of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained, the novel teatures being pointed out in the claims at the. end of the specification. 7

In the drawing: Figure l is a trout elevation of a air of eyeglasses equi pod with uoseaguar s constructed in occur once with my present invention. Fig. 2 represents e transverse section through the bridge looking toward the right, showing the inner side of the guard. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the guard detached from the mounting, end Figs. t and 5 are perspective views res eotively of the guard-attaching arm and t e nose-engaging member separated. Fig. 6 is a detail section of the and taken through the supporting arm t erect in a y parallel to the plane of the rocking movement.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.

lln fitting eyeglasses to the noses ot'ditterent persons, the characteristics of t noses vary to such an extent that in employing the ordinary form of nose guard, it is necessary for the Optician to bend or otherwise adjust the guards so that they will rest in proper relatlo to obtain the requisite hold to support te eyeglasses, and this 0 oration is o jectionable masmuch as the adjustment of the guards is only approximate, and is not permanent by reason of the re- Patented se ei lls.

siliency ol the parts, the operation also in voIVing both time and expense. Nose guards constructed in accordance. with my present mventiou avoid the necessity of this prehmmary adiustlng or fitting, and the present embodiment of my invention is shown in connection with the ordinary form oteyeglusses employing preferably a spring bridge for holding the guards. in cooperative relatlon. with the nosefl and 2 deslgneting the lenses provided with suitable attaching devices 3 and l which are connected by th spring bridge 5, the ordinary form of at.- taching studs heing shown in the present instance having a fastening screw 6 for securing together the. parts of the mounting. 'lhe nose guards are preferably attached n the. ordinary way to these attaching studs each guard embodying an attaching arm 7. havln in the present instance a vertically. exten jug attaching lug 8 which enters the stud from beneath and is secured by the fastoning screw 6. 'lhis attaching arm preterably extends rearwerdly tr ut its point of attachment, and has recesses cut in its upper and lower edges to term the oppo sitely-orranged paired shoulders 9 and 10% ing and thus. permit a rocking movement of the guard about the e-ttachin arm as a tulcrum, the amount of the r ling mov ment being limited y the .oppcsitely-lnchncd sides of the bearing.

In order to obtain the best holding qualities with the guards, Without undue pressure at any plarticular oint on the irregular surfaces of e nose, i is best to employ a nose-engagm silient to ena Is it to conform substantially to the surface with which it engages, and such a guard is shown in the present instance, it being composed of flat resilient material having the fulcrum bearing ,11 formed on one end thereof and the motel proceeding fr m this hearing in a direction first downwardly and being slightly widened to form the lower nose'bearing surface 12 and being; thence doubled upwardly an portion that is suficiently repreferably rearwardly toform an upper or supplemental nose-bearing surface 13, the fulcrum point or hearing where the pressure is applied to the guard being located intermediately of the two nose-bearing surfaces, and the nose-bearing surfaces themselves being connected by resilient material of such relation of the surfaces at the sides of the nose, the fulcrum point of the nose-engaging portion of the guard being arranged at a central point considered both vertically and horizontally of the guard, and as the pressure is applied to the guards at this fulcrum point from a suitable source, such for instance as by the action of the spring bridge, the resiliency of the nose-engaging member will automatically equalize the pressure applied to the different nose-engaging surfaces,'notwithstanding variations in the angular shapes of different noses, so that not only is the usual fitting by the optician rendered unnecessary, but the selfadjusting guards insure a firm but even pressure at all points where they engage the nose, and the necessary hold is thus obtained without undue pinching of the flesh.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a nose guard, the combination with a substantially horizontally arranged arm, of a nose engaging member composed of a resilient piece of material having one end pivotally connected to the arm, then extended downwardly and upwardly to form a loop and carried upwardly above the arm and free of the latter, and an upper nose engaging pad at the free end of said resilient portio 2. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and a bridge connecting them, of nose guards each embodying a nose-engaging portion having bearing surfaces thereon connected by a resilient loop to enable the nose-engaging portions to conform to the surface of the nose, and an attaching portion connected to the mounting and having the nose-engaging portion fulcrumed thereon at a'point intermediate of the bearing surfaces thereof to permit a free relative rocking movement between the nose-engaging portion and the attaching portion, the

ard substantially in a vertical bearing surfaces and the fulcrum point being arranged substantially in alinement.

3. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and a bridge connecting them, of nose guards each embodying an attaching portion connected to the mounting, and a noseengaging member composed of resilient material having one end journaled to turn on the attaching arm, a nose-bearing surface being formed on the member at one side of its pointof attachment, and the other end of the material being doubled and extended beyond the point of attachment and forming an additional or supplemental nosebearing surface.

4. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and a bridge connecting them, of nose guards each embodying an attaching portion connected to the mounting having a fiat portion thereon and a nose-engaging member havin a bearing portion cooperating with the at portion on the attaching portion to permit a relative rocking movement of the nose-engaging member, the sides of said bearing portion being relatively inclined to limit the rocking movement of said 7 member.

5. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and a bridge connecting them, of nose guards each embodying a rearwardly-extending attaching arm connected tov the mounting and having recesses formed in its upper and lower edges to .form limiting shoulders, and a nose-engaging member having a portion loosely embracing the attaching arm and resting in said recesses between the limiting shoulders to form a bearing permitting relative rocking movement of the nose-engaging member about the attach-- ing arm as a center, said shoulders preventing movement of said member substantially in the plane of said arm.

6. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and a bridge connecting them, of nose guards each embodying an attaching arm secured to a part of the mount-ing, and a nose-engaging member composed of resilient material having a downwardly-looped portion formed with a lower nose-engaging surface thereon, one end of the loop being provided with a rocking connection with the guard-attaching arm, the other end of the loop being extended upwardly beyond the point of connection andprovided with an additional nose-engagin g surface.

7. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and a bridge connecting them, of nose guards each embodying an attaching arm secured to a part of the mounting, and a nose-engaging member composed of flat resilient material having a loop formed by an edgewise bend in the material, one end of the loop being provided with a bearing cooperating with the guard-attaching arm to permit a rocking movement of the nose-em gaging member, the other end of the loop being extended upwardly beyond the hearing and provided with a nose-engaging pador surface.

8. A guard for eyeglasses comprising a relatively fixed supporting arm and a rocking nose engaging member provided, respectively, with cooperating bearing portions comprising a bearing eye on one and a part on the other extendlng into said eye, one of said bearing portions being substantially flat and the other triangular in cross section to allow the rocking movement of the nose engaging member and also limit that movement.

9. A guard for eyeglasses comprising a flat material and a rockm nose engaging member also composed o flat material, said member being provided respectively with cooperating bearmg portions comprising a bearing eye on one formed by doubling over the material flatwise and a part on the other having a section reduced Widthwise to lie within the eye and providing shoulders at opposite ends of the latter preventing relative movement axially of the rocking movement.

, LEO F. ADT. Witnesses:

F. F. Gmmcn, G. WILLARD Bron.

relatively fixed supporting arm composed of I 

